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Film School MFA Acceptance Rates, Minimum GPAs, Decision Dates, and more... (UPDATED with 2019 stats)
People often ask "What is the minimum GPA for USC film school?" Or "What is the acceptance rate of NYU film school?" The problem is that Film Schools are often very tight lipped and secret about their acceptance rates and the minimum GPAs that they accept. However thanks to the over 2,000...- Chris W
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How to get into USC Film School (or any film program) - PART 2: Writing Samples and Portfolio Advice
This is Part 2 of the series with advice on how to get into film school given by the many members of FilmSchool.org over the years. The forums have been around for over 17 years so there are a ton of people who have gone what you are going through right now and lived to tell about it. USC and... -
Film School MFA Application advice from Accepted Students
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Best Los Angeles Film Schools
(Photo by Miles Gehm) There are many places to attend film school but there's definitely something to be said to going to school in the heart of all of the action. Below is a listing of the top LA Film Schools and it's surrounding area ranked by the review system as of January 2019. If you are... -
Film School MFA Application Deadlines
The following is a list of all of the Film School Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Application Deadlines for the 2017 - 2018 school year. If there is a film school missing please let me know in the discussion thread so I can update it. November 1, 2016: USC Cinematic Arts - Peter Stark Producing...
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Denied Without Interview USC - Writing for Screen & TelevisionFirst time applying.
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Denied Without Interview UCLA - Screenwriting FALL 2019My application I feel wasn't the strongest. I can do a post later about...
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Denied After Interview NYU - Dramatic Writing FALL 2019Twas my first time applying. I made it to the second round, then was...
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How to get into USC Film School (or any film program) - PART 3: Edit. Revise. Cut.
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This is Part 3 of the series with advice on how to get into film school given by the many members of FilmSchool.org over the years. The forums... -
How to get into USC Film School (or any film program) - PART 2: Writing Samples and Portfolio Advice
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How to get into USC Film School (or any film program) - PART 1: The Personal Statement
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Supporting Member Perk: Your own Blog on FilmSchool.org
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Film School MFA Acceptance Rates, Minimum GPAs, Decision Dates, and more... (UPDATED with 2019 stats)
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COLUMBIA FILM SCHOOL STUDENT PROFILE: Patrick Clement - Screenwriting & Directing MFA
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"I went to Columbia because I wanted to be a better storyteller and understanding structure... and I do think my storytelling has gotten better...
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Hello fellow film students,
I am a current undergraduate at SF State University and am reaching out to y'all over a database I'm creating this...
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How I chose between NYU Dramatic Writing and AFI Screenwriting.
I anguished over the thought of turning down either school. As a true cinephile...
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Scrolling past all of my classmates successes on FB (and mostly being OK with it) I came across a post asking for film school advice. 'What should...
"Mark Duplass, a director, actor, writer, and producer, discusses the migration of filmmakers to television, to the emergence of VOD and its...
In my previous blog post, I mentioned that you should start cutting with music first:
Getting started with editing... | FilmSchool.org - The Best...
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My last post was all about the develop, prep and shooting of my short film. For Heads/Tails process, the next phase has been our crowdfunding...
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Cal State Northridge (CSUN) - MFA in Screenwriting ProgramI was accepted to the CSUN MFA program in 2018 and took part in in for a full year; however, I recently decided not to go back and complete the...
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Savannah College of Art and Design (MFA)The school is a complete honeypot, department head Donald.W Moffett has limited film production experience and has not idea how to properly guide...
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Emerson CollegeEmerson opened a lot of doors for me, so I can't dismiss that fact. However, I don't think it was necessary for me to go to Emerson as opposed to...
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NYU - Tisch Kanbar Institute of Film and Television (M.F.A.)Currently in my third year of my MFA at NYU Tisch Grad Film (writing/directing). I cannot praise this program enough! It exceeded any expectation...
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National Film and Television School (NFTS)I'm currently in my first year of a 2 year MA at the NFTS. I saw these relatively negative reviews about the NFTS before I applied, but I can now...
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